Albert Kai-Wing Ng

Albert Kai-Wing Ng
O.Ont, FRGD, FGDC
Born 1950 (1950)[1]
Hong Kong[1][2]
Nationality Canadian
Alma mater Hong Kong Polytechnic Institute, Ontario College of Art, Ryerson Polytechnic Institute[1]
Known for graphic design

Albert Kai-Wing Ng, OOnt (伍啟榮;[3] born 1950 in Hong Kong[1]) is a prominent graphic designer who lives and works in the Greater Toronto Area[lower-alpha 1] in Ontario, Canada. He is known as the “Father of Canadian graphic design accreditation”[5]:11 and is currently an adjunct professor at York University.[6]

Albert Ng was born[1][2] and educated in Hong Kong and emigrated to Canada in 1974.[7] He was a past president of the Ontario chapter of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada,[5]:11[8] the founding president of the Association of Registered Graphic Designers,[5][8] and the vice-president of Icograda for 1995–1997.[9]

His notable commissions include the Missisauga Chinese Centre stamp in 2013 and other stamp designs for Canada Post.[10]

Albert Ng is the second graphic designer to be inducted into the Order of Ontario.[7]

Honours

2008 – listed in Canadian Who's Who 2008[11]

2007 (December) – Order of Ontario[12][13]

2006 - Fellow, The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario[14]

2005 - Chinese Canadian Legend Award[3][2]

1996 - Fellow, The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada[15]

Notes

  1. ↑ Richmond Hill[4] is not part of Toronto, but York University is within the city of Toronto.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Detail Display Page". Canadian Who's Who. Grey House Publishing Canada. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "2华人精英麥德華伍啟榮獲安省勳章" [Two eminent Chinese, Tak Wah Mak and Albert Kai-Wing Ng, honoured with Order of Ontario medal] (in Chinese). NewNews. December 23, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Chinese Canadian Legend". Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Living life by design". Newmarket Era. Feb 17, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "50 years of Canadian design" (PDF). Design Edge Canada: 10–14. Jul–Aug 2006. ISSN 1718-0643. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ York University. "York Professor Albert Ng named to the Order of Ontario". Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  7. 1 2 "January 2008". Design Edge Canada. January 9, 2008. Albert Ng to receive Order of Ontario. Archived from the original on March 15, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  8. 1 2 Icograda. "Albert Ng, O. Ont., FGDC, FRGD". Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  9. ↑ Icograda. "Board History". Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  10. ↑ DeMara, Bruce (May 1, 2013). "Canada Post issues stamps celebrating Chinatown gates, two GTA locations included". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  11. ↑ Lumley, Elizabeth, ed. (2008). Canadian Who’s Who 43 (2008 ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 970. ISBN 978-0-8020-4071-8. ISSN 0068-9963.
  12. ↑ Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (December 19, 2007). "Order Of Ontario Recipients Announced" (Press release). Canada Newswire. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  13. ↑ Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade. "Order of Ontario Appointees by year of Appointment: 2007 Appointees". Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Icograda eNews 19/06". Icograda eNews (Mailing list) (Icograda). Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  15. ↑ Society of Graphic Designers of Canada. "GDC Fellows". Retrieved July 19, 2014.


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